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An Initial miRNA Profile of Persons With Persisting Neurobehavioral Impairments and States of Disordered Consciousness After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

J Head Trauma Rehabil

July 2023

Department of Ophthalmology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois (Dr Zilliox); Research and Development Service (Drs Foecking, Walsh, Guernon, and Bender Pape), Center for Innovation in Complex Chronic Healthcare & Research Service (Drs Saban, Herrold, Kletzel, and Bender Pape), Rehabilitation Service (Dr Pacheco), and Department of Neurology (Dr Patil), Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Dr Foecking), Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (Dr Saban), Infectious Diseases and Immunology Research Institute (Dr Radke), and Division of Infectious Diseases (Dr Radke), Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois; Loyola Genomics Facility, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois (Ms Kuffel); Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine, North Chicago, Illinois (Dr Conneely); Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Dr Herrold), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Drs Ripley and Bender Pape), and Neurosurgery (Dr Rosenow), Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medicine, Seattle (Dr Pape); Lewis University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Romeoville, Illinois (Dr Guernon); Department of Psychiatry, Biostatistical Research Center, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Drs R. Bhaumik and D. Bhaumik), University of Illinois at Chicago; HealthBridge, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Dr Ripley); Dr Radke is now at Research Section, Boise VA Hospital, Boise, Idaho; Ms Kuffel is now at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

Objective: To examine the merits of using microRNAs (miRNAs) as biomarkers of disorders of consciousness (DoC) due to traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Settings: Acute and subacute beds.

Participants: Patients remaining in vegetative and minimally conscious states (VS, MCS), an average of 1.

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A Pilot Trial Examining the Merits of Combining Amantadine and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as an Intervention for Persons With Disordered Consciousness After TBI.

J Head Trauma Rehabil

September 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Innovation in Complex Chronic Healthcare & Research Service, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois (Drs Bender Pape, Herrold, Livengood, Guernon, Walsh, Kletzel, and Pacheco); Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Drs Bender Pape and Livengood), Neurological Surgery (Dr Rosenow), Radiology (Mr Higgins and Dr Parrish), and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Dr Herrold), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Research Department, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital-part of Northwestern Medicine, Wheaton, Illinois (Dr Guernon); Department of Psychiatry, Biostatistical Research Center, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Drs R. Bhaumik and D. K. Bhaumik); Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Research Service, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois (Dr D. K. Bhaumik); Department of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington (Ms Weaver and Dr Mallinson); Department of Neurology, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, and Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois (Dr Patil); Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine, and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois (Dr Conneely).

Objective: Report pilot findings of neurobehavioral gains and network changes observed in persons with disordered consciousness (DoC) who received repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or amantadine (AMA), and then rTMS+AMA.

Participants: Four persons with DoC 1 to 15 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Alternate treatment-order, within-subject, baseline-controlled trial.

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Letter to the Editor.

J Head Trauma Rehabil

September 2021

The George Washington University, District of Columbia (Dr Mallinson and Ms Weaver); and Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, Illinois (Ms Guernon); and Edward Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois (Bender Pape).

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Responsiveness, Minimal Detectable Change, and Minimally Clinically Important Differences for the Disorders of Consciousness Scale.

J Head Trauma Rehabil

March 2018

The School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Mallinson); The Department of Veterans Affairs Hines VA Hospital, Research Service and the Center for Innovation in Complex Chronic Healthcare & Research Service, Hines, Illinois (Dr Pape and Ms Guernon); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Pape); and Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Research Department, Wheaton, Illinois (Ms Guernon).

Objectives: To determine the responsiveness, minimal detectable change (MDC95), and minimally clinically important difference (MCID) of the Disorders of Consciousness Scale (DOCS-25) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to report the percentages of patients' change scores exceeding MDC and MCID after 3 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation.

Setting: Post-acute rehabilitation hospitals.

Participants: One hundred seventy-two patients with severe TBI.

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